Foldable magazine rack

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to stationery and more specifically pertains to a foldable magazine rack. It includes a rack body and a bottom panel removably fastened with a bottom end of the rack body; the rack body is a plastic rack which is foldable and integrally formed by injection molding. The present magazine rack is convenient to use, susceptible to low production costs, and can be repeatedly used.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to stationery and more specificallypertains to a foldable magazine rack.

Books are commonly used in people's daily life. With the accumulation ofbooks over time, it is necessary to have a book shelf for storing thebooks, otherwise the household environment would be very messy.Conventional book shelves have several tiers, and books stand verticallyon the book shelves; however, when there are not enough books foroccupying a tier of the book shelf, the books will lean to one side oreven lie flat on the book shelf, resulting in a messy arrangement of thebook shelf. To improve this situation, people place a magazine rack onthe book shelf; books are placed into the magazine rack first, and themagazine rack is then placed on the book shelf. In this way, the bookshelf will be very tidy. However, such magazine rack could not bedisassembled, and thus occupies a lot of space when not in use. Foldablemagazine racks are subsequently available, but such magazine racks couldnot be folded when not in use. This is because after assembling thesides of such magazine rack, the magazine rack is easily damaged duringdisassembly. Besides, such magazine rack comprises many components, andeach of the components is required to be manufactured separately,resulting in high production costs. When in use, it takes time toassemble the components, and thus it is inconvenient to use.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To overcome the shortcomings of the prior art, the present inventionprovides a solution for foldable magazine racks which are susceptible tohigh production costs and inconvenient to use.

To attain this, the present invention provides a foldable magazine rackcomprising a rack body and a bottom panel removably fastened with abottom end of the rack body; the rack body is a plastic rack which isfoldable and integrally formed by injection molding.

Furthermore, in the present foldable magazine rack, the plastic rackcomprises a front hard plastic short wall, a rear hard plastic tallwall, and left and right semi-wedge shaped side walls which aresymmetrical with each other; a foldable soft plastic curved wall isrespectively disposed at a first intersection between the short wall andthe right side wall, a second intersection between the right side walland the tall wall, a third intersection between the tall wall and theleft side wall, and a fourth intersection between the left side wall andthe short wall; a foldable soft plastic wall is disposed in any one ormore of the following: in middle of the short wall and the tall wall, inmiddle of the left and right side walls; the curved walls and the softplastic walls are integrally formed by injection molding. Flanges forreceiving the bottom panel are disposed at bottom inner sides of theshort wall, the tall wall and the left and right side walls. The shortwall and the tall wall are made of transparent hard plastic material;the curved walls and the soft plastic walls are made of transparent softplastic material.

In comparison with existing magazine racks, the foldable magazine rackof the present invention is a plastic rack which is foldable andintegrally formed by injection molding. As the plastic rack isintegrally formed by injection molding, it is simple in structure andsusceptible to low production costs. When the present invention is notin use, it could be conveniently stored for future use by removing thebottom panel, the curved walls of the plastic rack and the soft plasticwalls and then folding it. After the plastic rack of the presentinvention is folded, at least 75% of space can be saved; thetransportation costs of the product can also be decreased significantly.To use the present invention, it is only required to open the plasticrack and then place the bottom panel onto the flanges at the bottominner sides of the short wall, the tall wall and the side walls, thus itis very convenient.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view illustrating the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the present invention when it is in use.

In the figures: 1—bottom panel; 2—short wall; 3—tall wall; 4—side wall;5—curved wall; 6—soft plastic wall; 7—flange.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is further explained below with reference to theaccompanying figures.

As shown in FIGS. 1-2, a foldable magazine rack comprises a rack bodyand a bottom panel 1 removably fastened with a bottom end of the rackbody. The rack body is a plastic rack which is foldable and integrallyformed by injection molding. The plastic rack comprises a front hardplastic short wall 2, a rear hard plastic tall wall 3, and left andright semi-wedge shaped hard plastic side walls 4 which are symmetricalwith each other. Foldable soft plastic curved walls are disposed atintersections between the short wall 2, the tall wall 3, and the leftand right side walls 4. A foldable soft plastic wall 8 is disposed inmiddle of each of the short wall 2 and the tall wall 3. The short wall2, the tall wall 3, the side walls 4, the curved walls 5 and the softplastic walls 6 are integrally formed by injection molding. Flanges 7for receiving the bottom panel are disposed at bottom inner sides of theshort wall 2, the tall wall 3 and the left and right side walls 4. Theshort wall 2 and the tall wall 3 are made of transparent hard plasticmaterial. The curved walls 5 and the soft plastic walls 6 are made oftransparent soft plastic material.

The rack body of the present invention is a plastic rack which isfoldable and integrally formed by injection molding. As the plastic rackis integrally formed by injection molding, it is simple in structure andsusceptible to low production costs. After the plastic rack of thepresent invention is folded, at least 75% of space can be saved. To usethe present invention, it is only required to place the bottom panel 1onto the flanges 7 at the bottom inner sides of the short wall 2, thetall wall 3 and the side walls 4, thus it is very convenient.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention. The present invention may also be implemented in differentways. In other words, any other obvious combination and replacementwhich do not depart from the spirit of the present invention fallswithin the scope of protection of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A foldable magazine rack, comprising a rack bodyand a bottom panel (1) removably fastened with a bottom end of the rackbody, characterized in that the rack body is a plastic rack which isfoldable and integrally formed by injection molding.
 2. The foldablemagazine rack as in claim 1, characterized in that the plastic rackcomprises a front hard plastic short wall (2), a rear hard plastic tallwall (3), and left and right semi-wedge shaped side walls (4) which aresymmetrical with each other; a foldable soft plastic curved wall (5) isrespectively disposed at a first intersection between the short wall (2)and the right side wall (4), a second intersection between the rightside wall and the tall wall (3), a third intersection between the tallwall (3) and the left side wall (4), and a fourth intersection betweenthe left side wall and the short wall (2).
 3. The foldable magazine rackas in claim 2, characterized in that a foldable soft plastic wall (6) isdisposed in any one or more of the following: in middle of the shortwall (2) and the tall wall (3), in middle of the left side wall and theright side wall (4).
 4. The foldable magazine rack as in claim 3,characterized in that the short wall (2), the tall wall (3), the leftand right side walls (4), the curved walls (5) and the soft plasticwalls (6) are integrally formed by injection molding.
 5. The foldablemagazine rack as in claim 1, characterized in that flanges (7) forreceiving the bottom panel are disposed at bottom inner sides of theshort wall (2), the tall wall (3) and the left and right side walls (4).6. The foldable magazine rack as in claim 1, characterized in that theshort wall (2) and the tall wall (3) are made of transparent hardplastic material; the curved walls (5) and the soft plastic walls (6)are made of transparent soft plastic material.